Saving checkpoints

[Blocki]

I was recently building a challenge and I noticed it would be cool if checkpoints save.
I tried it with VCE, where the checkpoint sets a variable to the number of the checkpoint.
But when the player leaves, the var is gone. How do I do this? (I fell like a noob now, I already done it a year ago but forgot how) It would also be cool if the variable stays when rehosting

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[zenloth]

I /think/ you could do it with player persistence.

Add-On developers:  You can use player persistence to save any tagged field on the client or player object by using the RegisterPersistenceVar() function.  Here is some example code:

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//load the persistence add-on now, if they have it enabled.
//you can also use ForceRequiredAddOn if your add-on doesn't work without persistence
LoadRequiredAddOn("Script_Player_Persistence");

if(isFunction(RegisterPersistenceVar))  //quick way to check if the persistence add-on loaded
{
   //usage: RegisterPersistenceVar(string <tagged field to match>, bool <match all>, string <datablock classname>);

   RegisterPersistenceVar("myVariable", false, "");             // save %client.myVariable and %player.myVariable to persistence file (if those values are set)

   RegisterPersistenceVar("myPrefix", true, "");                // save any tagged field on %client/%player starting with "myPrefix",
                                                                // eg %client.myPrefixFoo %client.myPrefix_24, etc.
                                                                // This is more expensive than a straight match and can have unintended consequences, so be careful

   RegisterPersistenceVar("myDatablockRef", false, "ItemData"); // save %client/%player.myDatablockRef to persistence but verifies that it is of class "ItemData"
                                                                // and translates the id number into a datablock name before saving. 
                                                                // Datablock id numbers will vary depending on the order and number of add-ons loaded,
                                                                // so use this if you need to save a datablock reference.
}

//optionally, you can package into the apply persistence function if you need to do custom stuff to fully restore the player's state
package <MyAddOn>PersistencePackage
{
   function GameConnection::applyPersistence(%client, %gotPlayer, %gotCamera)
   {
      Parent::applyPersistence(%client, %gotPlayer, %gotCamera);
     
      //Do custom stuff here...
   }
};
activatePackage(<MyAddOn>PersistencePackage);Player Persistence files are saved as config/server/persistence/<blid>.txt

Alternatively there is a way to save vce variables, but I forget how it was done :c

[Blocki]

Where do I get persitence
And will it work if I rehost

[zenloth]

Persistence is a default add-on as of one of the releases...

It should work if you rehost as the variables are saved to a text file and then loaded on server/players connecting. I haven't had any experience playing with persistence and obviously some scripting knowledge is required, but yeh :3

[Blocki]

How do I get persistence save the checkpoints

[Blocki]

Aww, I no haz script knowledge